Ceiling-protector



(No Model.)

H. M. PAUL. CEILING PROTECTOR.

No. 598,435. V PatentedV Feb. 1,l898.

HERBERT M. PAUL, OF I-IERKIMER, NEW YORK.

CEILING-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,435, dated February1, 18918.

Application filed Juno 12, 1 89 7.

.T @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. PAUL,v of Herkimer, in the county ofHerkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ceiling-Protectors; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto'make and use the same. 4

This invention relates to improvements in ceiling-protectors, and hasfor its object to provide a device which will not only afford protectionto the ceiling against smoke and heat, but will at the same time serveas-a diffuser of the heat generated by the name of the lamp beneath.

My device is exceedingly simple and cheap of manufacture and can be madeof highly ornamental design and appearance, at the same time fullyserving its purpose.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a viewin perspective of my improved ceiling-protector. Fig. 2 is a centraltransverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view.

In the construction of my device I form of tin, sheet metal, copper, orany other suitable sheet metal an obtuse conical top portion 1, havingfixed therein and depending from its center a metal hook 2, the shank ofsaid hook passing through the portion l and being fashioned above thesame into a staple or ring 3. I next provide, secured in a dependingposition adjacent to the edge of portion 1, an annular band 4:, whichmay, if desired, be ornamented by perforated gures or otherwise. Withinthe space encircled within this band and approximately midway betweenthe center and the band I provide another annular band 5, having itsupper edge secured to and depending from the under surface of portion l.Within the lastnamed annular space I erect a plurality of verticalpartitions 6, extending from the band 5 to nearly the center of theportion 1, from which depends a hook 2. I thus create a plurality ofsegmental spaces '7, at the same Serial No. 640,483. (No model.)

,time multiplying the area of the metal sursurface, aording no surfacefor radiation beyond that existing in the area of the lower surface 0fsaid device. In myimproved protector, however, by the use of dependingan nular bands 4 and 5 and the segmental par titions 6 the area forradiation is greatly mul tiplied, and so much of the heat generated bythe lamps and absorded by the protector is more quickly diffused byradiation..

My improved protector is adapted to be hung from the ceiling over alampstand, or may form part of such stand, the lamp-bracket to bebeneath the protector, in which case it should be somewhat elevatedbeyond the top of the lamp-chimney.

Having thus described my invention and its use, what I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, isv l. A ceiling-protector against thesmoke and heat of lamps, consisting of an obtuse conical portion adaptedto be suspended by a staple 'or otherwise from a wall or ceiling over alamp,said conical portion being provided with a depending outer annularband, an inner annular band, and a plurality of vertical partitionsextending inwardly from said inner band dividing said inner portionsinto segmental areas, substantially as described.

2. In an improved ceiling-protector, the combination with a body portionconsisting of an obtuse conical cap, of a depending annular band securedto the under surface and adjacent to the outer edge portion, and aninner annular band secured in a similar manl ner, a plurality ofvertical radial partitions dividing the inner circular area, and acentral depending hook secured to said conical portion, allsubstantially as shown and described.

3. As a new article of manufacture the herein-describedceiling-protector consisting of an obtuse conical sheet-metal bodyportion, a vertical shank projected through its center, having its upperend formed into'a body portion all as herein shown and de- Io staple orring and its lower end into a supscribed.

porting lamp-hook, an annular band depend- In testimony whereof I havesigned this ing from the under surface of said body porspecication inthe presence of two subscribtion adjacent to the edge thereof, an innering witnesses.

smaller depending band similarly secured to HERBERT M. PAUL. the bodyportion, and a plurality of radial par- Witnesses:

ttions extending inwardly from the smaller FRANK SPOHN,

band to a point adjacent to the center of the FRANK G. WHITE.

